Paint-can.



` PATBNTED SEPT. 4, 19056: G. W. WEBER.

PAINT CAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1905.

UNrTEn STATES PATENT oEEoE.

, GEORGE W. WEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY,OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATlON OF NEW JERSEY.

PAINT-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed May 22, 1905. Serial No. 261,510.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WEBER, a citizen of the United States,residing in N ew York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paint-Cans, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paint-cans.

AMy invention consists in a can for holding paints or other materialsprovided at one end with a friction-top and friction-cap closure for theliquid-receptacle of the can, so that the same can be readily andrepeatedly opened and closed, as required, and provided at its other endwith a deep countersunk i head seamed to the body of the can and to thebody and adapted to forming a secondary rece tacle or chamber forreceiving bronze-pow er or other material and closed by a' thin soft-tinor sheetmetal supplemental head crim ed or seamed e readily cut out, sothat the dry or powder paint material employed may be kept se arate fromthe liquid paint material until t e paint is desired to be used, when byfirst simply cutting out the soft-tin head the bronze-powder or otherdry material may be taken out and then mixed with the liquid material inthe can, the friction-cap being of course first removed.

My invention also consists in the novel Vconstruction of parts anddevices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shownand described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a top or plan view of a can embodying my invention.

ig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is across-section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

YIn the drawings, A represents a sheetmetal can-body; B, thefriction-top of the can, having an external flange b, soldered orotherwise united to the can-body A, and a downwardly-projecting flangeb,surroundin the large opening B in the friction-top o the can.

C is the friction-cap, having the customF ary depending iiange or Wall cin tight fric strengthen and stiffen the friction-cap and serve as ashoulder for prying it off in opening the cans in the customary way. Thebottom head D of the can is furnished with a deep countersink or wall d,which is united by a downwardl)T folded or crimped seam d with the lowerend of the can-body A, thus forming an external shoulder or bead at thelower end of the can-body. The dee countersink or fiange d of thecan-head orms a supplemental receptacle or chamber D for containingbronze-powder or other dry paint material. This secondary chamber orreceptacle D is closed by a soft or taggers tin sheet-metal supplementalhead or cover F,

having a flange f crimped or otherwise seamed or united tothe can-body,and thus closing the bronze-receptacle D. The seam unitin the flange dof the countersunk head D of t e can with the can-body may preferably bealso soldered to insure that this joint is perfectly liquid-tight.

The liquid paint or material X is laced in the main receptacle orchamber A of) the can, which is closed by the friction-cap C. The bronzeor other dry paint material X is placed in the supplemental chamber Doth chambers A and D of the can are adapted to be readily opened, themain chamber A by simply prying ofr` the friction cap or cover in thecustomary manner and the supplemental chamber D by cutting out the so-tin supplemental head F of the can. After the supplemental soft head Fis cut out and the bronze-powder o rother material in the chamber Dremoved the can is then used as any ordinary friction-top paint-can. Bymy improved can the liquid paint material and the dry or powder paintmaterial may be kept and shipped separate and in proper proportions 'formixing to ether when the contents of the can are desire to be used. Thisprevents all deterioration of the paint, such as ordinarily occurs wherethe bronzepowder and liquid paint are mixed together and sealed utogether in the paint-factory. My improve can,'it will thus be seen, hastwo separate chambers or receptacles each adapted to be readily opened,one, the liquid-chamber, by the frictlon-top and frictioncap closure atthe upper end of the can-body, and the other, the ronze-powder or sup1emental material-chamber, being adapted) to be readily opened andclosed by the soft -01' IOO for opening and closing t severablesheet-metal head F at this end of v the can-body. The intermediate orcountersunk head -D thus divides-the can into two separate chambers, sothat two different' materials may be contained in one and the same canand kept separate from each other until required `for use, when they maybe readily mixed together.

I claim- 1. A paint-can having at one end of its body a top with anopening therein and a cap for opening and closmg the same, and at theother end of its body a deep countersunk head seamed Ithereto, fand |asupplemental soft-tin or severable sheet-metal head seamed or crimped tothe can-body and closing the supplemental chamber formed by the deepcountersink of said bottom head.

2. A can provided at one end of its body with a top with anopeningltherein and a cap e same, and furnished at its other end with athin orseverable sheet-metal head and an intermediate head dividing thecan into two chambers, substantially as specified.

3. A can having a readly-openin closure at one end', a soft or severablemeta head at its opposite end, and an intermediate head dividing the caninto two chambers or receptacles, substantially as s ecified.

4. A can provided Wit a top with an opening therein and a ca -closuretherefor at one end, a soft or severab e sheet-metal head at its A diatehead dividing t e can intotwo chamy A bers or receptacles, said'deepcountersunk i1;- termediate ead having an externally-folded seam unitingit to the can-body to form an external shoulder on the can-body, andsaid soft or severable metal head having a seaming-iiangle crimped aboutsaid external shoulder on t e canody to unite the same thereto,substantially as specified.

`Witnesseis:

L. A.A WELLEs, W. P. PALMER.

GEORGE w. WEBER..

